Events Flashcards
Westward Expansion
government policies which helped to gain territories in the west
Mexican War
a war that lasted 1 1/2 years, but was won easily by the US because the US had better weapons and leadership
Lewis and Clark Expedition
an expedition consisting of a group of explorers led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that explored western North America
American System
a system proposed by Henry Clay which called for the government to help with internal improvements
Gasden Purchase
a purchase named after James Gadsen in which the US purchased more territory from Mexico that would eventually make up the southern part of Arizona and Mexico
Guadalupe Hidalgo
a treaty which stated that the United States had won area in the present-day states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
Industrial Revolution
a period in American (and world history) when the focus was on machines, factories, and industry
